Football stat sheets run on shorthand. Most of it is obvious once you've seen it once, some of it is genuinely new. Here's the shorthand we use on this site — and the advanced stuff you'll meet as the game gets more measured.
Goals & assists
- GGoals
- Goals scored.
- AAssists
- The final pass or touch before a team-mate scores.
- GSGoals scored
- Same as G — used on some stat sheets.
- GCGoals conceded
- Goals let in (by the team or the goalkeeper).
- OGOwn goals
- A goal accidentally put into your own net.
Shooting & passing
- SHShots
- Total shots taken.
- SOGShots on target
- Shots that would go in if not saved or blocked by the keeper.
- KPKey passes
- A pass that directly sets up a shot.
- PAPass accuracy
- Share of attempted passes that reach a team-mate, as a %.
Discipline & fouls
- FCFouls committed
- Fouls given away.
- FSFouls suffered
- Fouls won — times he was fouled.
- YCYellow cards
- Cautions.
- RCRed cards
- Sending-offs.
- YRCSecond yellow
- A second yellow in a match that becomes a red.
Goalkeeping
- SVSaves
- Shots stopped by the keeper.
- CSClean sheets
- Matches finished without conceding.
- PKAPenalties faced
- Penalty kicks the keeper had to face.
- PKSPenalties saved
- Penalty kicks the keeper kept out.
Playing time
- MPMatches played
- Appearances (also written GP, games played).
- MINMinutes
- Minutes on the pitch.
- STStarts
- Matches started in the eleven.
- SUBSubstitute appearances
- Matches come on from the bench.
Advanced analytics
- xGExpected goals
- The probability a shot becomes a goal (0–1), from historical data.
- xAExpected assists
- The likelihood a given pass turns into an assist.
- xAGExpected assisted goals
- The xG of the shot that came directly from a player's pass.
- npxGNon-penalty xG
- A player's xG with penalty kicks removed.
- PPDAPasses per defensive action
- Pressing intensity — opponent passes allowed before a tackle/interception. Lower = more pressing.
- PrgPProgressive passes
- Passes that move the ball a meaningful distance toward goal.
- PrgCProgressive carries
- Carrying the ball forward at your feet.
- VAEPValuing actions by estimating probabilities
- Rates every on-ball action by how it changes the chance of scoring or conceding.
- OBVOn-ball value
- How much a player's actions raise the team's chance of scoring.
- PSxGPost-shot xG
- Shot quality after it leaves the foot — the goalkeeper's version of xG.
What we actually track here. Youth tournaments rarely publish shots, xG or the rest, so this journal keeps the honest basics — G, A, MP and W/L/D, logged by hand. The advanced metrics are listed so the words are familiar when Avyaan grows into football that measures them. New to xG? Start with the two-shot explainer.